Two freight trains collided and derailed in Kentucky shortly before midnight, injuring four people and igniting a fire that forced nearby residents to evacuate, authorities said Monday. Nearby residents were evacuated "out of an abundance of caution after the crash was reported at 11:14 p.m., Lexington...

Vladimir Putin now has a stronger hold on Russia — and stronger place in the world — thanks to an overwhelming mandate for yet another term as president. His domestic opponents are largely resigned to another six years in the shadows. His foreign opponents are mired in their own problems, from...

Negotiators from the European Union and Britain on Monday hailed major progress in the Brexit talks, but conceded there had been no breakthrough on keeping open the Irish border. Britain is due to leave the European Union at the end of March 2019, but Brexit talks must be concluded by this fall...

The European Union's top diplomat criticized Turkey on Monday over its military offensive in a northern Syrian town, calling on Ankara to ensure that fighting eases in the conflict-torn country. The appeal came as looting was widely reported in the town captured a day earlier by Turkish troops...

President Donald Trump fired a barrage of angry statements Sunday railing against the Justice Department special counsel's Russia investigation and attacking the integrity of former FBI Director James Comey and his former Deputy Andrew McCabe, charging that their notes from conversations with him...

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In a series of tweets March 17 and 18, President Donald Trump made a number of inaccurate or misleading statements about the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. As a reader service, here's a quick guide to his claims. "As the House Intelligence Committee has...

When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit. But that's exactly what the company then run by Jared...

Turkish military and allied Syrian forces marched into the center of the northern Syrian town of Afrin Sunday, raising their flags and shooting in the air in celebration nearly two months after launching their offensive on the Kurdish enclave. The advancing troops faced little resistance from the...

U.S. and European officials on Sunday called for Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how personal information about tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of a data analysis firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign - without the permission or knowledge...

Israel's Shin Bet security service says a Palestinian has stabbed an Israeli in Jerusalem, seriously wounding him. Police said he was shot dead by officers at the scene. The attack Sunday occurred in Jerusalem's Old City, home to sensitive holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims. The...

An experienced Cirque du Soleil acrobat performing an intricate aerial routine for the first time onstage plummeted to his death in front of a live audience in Tampa on Saturday night. The company identified the cast member as Yann Arnaud, a Frenchman who had worked with Cirque du Soleil for 15...

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands on the field during the warm-up before an NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Minnesota Vikings at Twickenham Stadium in London on Oct. 29, 2017.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stands on the field during the warm-up before an NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Minnesota Vikings at Twickenham Stadium in London on Oct. 29, 2017.

The attorneys for quarterback Colin Kaepernick are seeking to conduct a deposition with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as part of Kaepernick's collusion grievance, according to a person familiar with the case. The request to depose Goodell comes in addition to the requests for depositions with...

Neither Addison Russell nor Kyle Schwarber can go from Point A to Point B without someone offering them batting advice. "I'm certain Uber drivers have been telling them how to hit," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Sunday before both socked critical home runs in the Cubs' 7-5 victory against the Rockies....

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is signing legislation to combat the state's opioid epidemic. The governor's office announced Sunday that Scott will sign the bill on Monday in Bradenton. Manatee County saw the highest amount of deaths in the state from fentanyl analogs in 2015. Fentanyl analogs are usually...

President Donald Trump's lawyer called on the Justice Department to immediately shut down the special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, in the wake of the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Attorney John Dowd said in a statement that the investigation, now...